Double-shovel plow



No. 6|4,573. Patented Nov. 22, |898. J. W. NEAL. DOUBLE SHDVEL PLOW.

(Ap'pxicmon med my 31, 159s.)

l (No Model.)

UNITED .STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN WV. NEAL, OF CIFAX, VIRGINIA.

DOUBLE-SHOVEL PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No. 614,573, dated November22, 1898.

y Application led May 3l, 1898. Serial No. 682,185. (No model.)

To all whom, t 1v1/tty concer-71,:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. NEAL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cifax, in the county of Bedford and State of Virginia, haveinvented a new and useful Double- Shovel Plow, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in double-shovel plows.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofdouble-shovel plows and to provide a simple and comparativelyinexpensive one in which the shovels may be adj usted to bring either inadvance of the other and also to vary the distance between them, so thatthe front shovel in plowing corn or tobacco may be next to the plants,and to enable land on hillsides to be plowed back'aud forth instead ofplowing around the same.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a double-shovel plowconstructed in accordance -with this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsectional view of the front and central portions ot' the plow. Fig. 3 isa transverse sectional view.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 1 designate a pair of forwardly-converging main plow-beams constructedof metal or other suitable material and provided at their frontends,which are united,with a hook 2 for enabling the draft-animals to beattached to the plow; but any other suitable form of fastening device orclevis may be employed, as will be readily understood. The rearterminals of the main plow-beams 1 are provided with a pair ofoutwardly-extending verticallydisposed loops 3, which receive and formguides for a pair of supplemental plow-beams 4, and the latter areprovided at their front ends with inwardly-extending loops 5, embracingand slidingly connected with the front portions of the main beams 1. Bythis construction the supplemental adjustable plowbeams 4 may be movedbackward and forward to bring either one of a pair of shovels 6inadvance of the other and also to vary the distance between them. Therear portions of the adjustable plow-beams are curved downward, asshown, and have the shovels 6 secured to them.

The supplemental or adjustable plowbeams, which are provided atintervals with perforations 7, are secured at the desired adjustment bya transverse bolt or pin 8, extending across the space between the mainplow-beams and passing through perforations 9 of the same. The ends ofthe transverse bolt or pin project beyond the main plowbeams and engageperforations of the adjustable plow-beams, and the said pin or bolt isheld against accidental movement by means of a pair of coiled springs10, disposed on it and interposed between a central collar or ange andthe inner faces of the beams 1. The collar or ange l1, which forms astop for the inner ends of the coiled springs, is adapted to be readilygrasped by the operator when it is desired to reciprocate the bolt orpin to adjust the shovels.

The main plow-beams l are supported by a transverse brace l2, consistingof a straight central section and a pair of end sections 13, composed ofvertical portions and upper and lower horizontal arms. The verticalportions are secured by fastening devices 14 to the beams 1, the upperarms are riveted or otherwise secured to the central section, and thelower arms, which are shorter than the upper ones, engage the loweredges of the beams l.

The plow is provided with a pair of handles 15, disposed at aninclination and supported by braces 16, the lower ends of the handlesbeing secured to the beams l by plates 17,

Yhaving their'lower terminals interposed between the vertical portionsof the sections 13 of the brace l2 and the beams 1 and perforated forthe reception of the fastening devices 14. The braces 16, which arelocated at the rear ends of the plow-beams 1, are secured to the innerfaces of the same and to the inner faces of the handles, which areconnected by a transverse bar 18. The rear portions of the handle-barsare shapedinto handles of the ordinary form.

The invention has the following advantages: The adjustable plow-beams,which carry the shovels, are slidingly mounted on IOO the mainplow-beams, which diverge rearwardly, and by such adjustment eithershovel may be arranged in advance of the other, and the distance betweenthe shovels may be varied to suit the width of the rows to becultivated. The shovels by being adjusted in this manner enable land onthe sides of hills to be plowed back and forth instead of plowing aroundthem, and in plowing tobacco and corn the front shovel may always bearranged next tothe plants. The shovels can also be arranged oppositeeach other when desired.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of this invention.

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a pair of mainplow-beams arranged at an angle to each other and diverging rearwardly,a pair of adjustable plowbeams carryin g shovels and slidingly mountedon the main plow-beams and adapted to be moved longitudinally thereof toarrange either shovel in advance of the other and to vary the distancebetween them, and means for securing the adjustable plow-beams at thedesired adjustment, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a pair of mainplow-beams, a pair of adjustable plow beams slidingly mounted on themain plow-beams and adapted to be moved longitudinally thereof toarrange either of a pair of shovels in advance of the other, and atransverse pin or bolt extending entirely across the plow, passingthrough one set of plow-beams and engaging the other,

whereby the movable plow-beams are secured at the desired adjustment,substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a pair of mainplow-beams having perforations, a pair of adjustable plowbeams slidinglyconnected with the main plow-beams and provided at intervals withperforations, a transverse pin or bolt extending entirely across theplow, passing through the perforations of the main plow-beam andengaging perforations of the adjustable plowbeam, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a pair of mainplow-beams provided with perforations, a pair of adjustable plow-beamsslidingly mounted on the main plow-beams and having perforations, atransverse pin or bolt engaging perforations of the main plow-beams andthe adjustable plow-beams and securing the latter at the desiredadjustment, and the coiled springs disposed on the transverse pin orbolt and connected with the latter at a point between the ends thereof,said springs having their outer ends bearing against the adjacentplowbeams and retaining the pin or bolt in engagement with the same, thepin or bolt being adapted to be reciprocated in either direction,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOI-IN W. NEAL.

Witnesses:

HENRY THOMSON, FRED LUPToN.

